Email Notifications for Errors¶

When bots runs scheduled, it is cumbersome to keep checking for errors in the bots-monitor. It is possible to receive an email-report in case of errors. Configure this:

Set option ‘sendreportiferror’ in bots/config/bots.ini to True.

In bots/config/settings.py set relevant data for email, eg like:

MANAGERS = (    #bots will send error reports to the MANAGERS
    ('name_manager', 'myemailaddress@gmail'),
    )
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'             #Default: 'localhost'
EMAIL_PORT = '587'             #Default: 25
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True       #Default: False
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'username'        #Default: ''. Username to use for the SMTP server defined in EMAIL_HOST. If empty, Django won't attempt authentication.
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '*******'    #Default: ''. PASSWORD to use for the SMTP server defined in EMAIL_HOST. If empty, Django won't attempt authentication.
SERVER_EMAIL = 'botserrors@gmail.com'           #Sender of bots error reports. Default: 'root@localhost'
EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = ''   #This is prepended on email subject.

To test if it works OK, restart the bots-webserver and bots-monitor->Systasks->Send test report. (I know, the restarting is annoying.).

Note

Email notifications are not sent while running acceptance tests.